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'For anyone whose idea of a good time is arguing with friends about their favourite books. 'Not only does it make you want to read more but, like all great books, it's also terrific company' Metro 'An engaged and engaging ramble around one reader's mind' The Times

And above all, it is for you - the ever hopeful reader.įor fans of Bill Bryson and Stephen Fry, and for bookworms everywhere, this witty, passionate book will make you cherish the world of letters anew. It is a celebration of why we read - its pleasures, its disappointments and its surprises. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is a diary of sorts, charting his reading life over two years. He is first and foremost a reader and he approaches books like the rest of us: hoping to pick up one he can't put down. Nick Hornby, author of the bestsellers About a Boy and Fever Pitch - takes us on a hilarious and perceptive tour through the books he bought, the books he read and his thoughts on literature. This is a book about reading - about enjoying books wherever and however you find them. This is not a book that sneers at other books. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby's wickedly funny journey through reading The Polysyllabic Spree is the first title in the Believer Book series, which collects essays by and interviews with some of our favorite authorsGeorge Saunders, Zadie Smith, Michel Houellebecq, Janet Malcolm, Jim Shepard, and Haruki Murakami, to name a few. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree E-Kitap Açıklaması